Qantas is aiming for cost savings of $400 million a year for the three years to 2019/20 as the Boeing 787-9 replaces older 747-400s and the use of new technology and innovation supports a more efficient operation both on the ground and in the air. The airline group spelled out the target at its investor
Jetstar A320s gain six more seats
Jetstar is boosting the capacity on its Australia and New Zealand based Airbus A320 narrowbodies through the installation of slimline seats, reducing galley space and moving the lavatories. The Qantas-owned low-cost carrier (LCC) will reconfigure 43 A320s – which operate domestically within Australia and New Zealand, across the Tasman and on short-haul international routes – with
Qantas anticipates reporting a fall in underlying profit of up to 11 per cent for the full 2016/17 financial year as competition on international routes and weakness in the resources sector pressure revenues. The airline group said in a trading update on Thursday that underlying profit before tax (PBT) for the 12 months to June 30
Norfolk Island Airlines to begin flying from June
Residents of Norfolk Island look set to regain their air links to New Zealand from June, when privately-held Norfolk Island Airlines plans to start flights to Auckland using a leased Boeing 737-300 from Nauru Airlines. The island will lose the only nonstop flight to New Zealand from May 21, when Air New Zealand stops flying
Qantas’s inflight internet wi-fi takes off
Qantas has switched on its inflight internet wi-fi service to the travelling public for the first time, conducting a demonstration flight on board Boeing 737-800 VH-XZB for media, representatives from providers ViaSat and the National Broadband Network, airline staff and invited guests on Friday. The flight took off from Sydney a little before 1100 and
Virgin Australia plans to commence a three-month inflight internet wifi trial on board a Boeing 737-800 from mid-April after naming Gogo and Optus as its technology partners for the service. The airline plans to utilise the 2Ku technology from Optus for domestic and New Zealand flights, with Intelsat and SES for its other international flights,
